Empire Access, a spinoff of Empire Telephone, located in Plattsburgh, has provided these services in several New York and Pennsylvania communities and businesses.

Empire Access has partnered with STN to bring the fiber-to-home service to the Big Flats community and has begun building a gigabit network in Big Flats.

Fiber will offer the resident's up to a full gigabit of bandwidth, which is expected to deliver highly reliable and redundant voice and data service to the residents of Big Flats.

Town officials believe the ability to get ultra-high bandwidth broadband services will help make Big Flats a desirable community to live and work in for years and will enable town residents to enjoy an unparalleled quality of life.

•For more information, go to bigflatsny.gov or empireaccess.com/where-we-are/big-flats.